Alexander White (Virginia)

Alexander White (1738-19 September 1804) was a member of the US House of Representatives (F-VA 1) from 4 March 1789 to 3 March 1793, preceding Robert Rutherford.

Biography
Alexander White was born in Hayfield, Orange County, Virginia in 1738, and he became a lawyer in 1763. He served in the House of Burgesses from 1772 to 1773, representing Hampshire County, and he was strongly opposed to the colonial government's support for the Church of England in the state, as he was a Presbyterian. From 1786 to 1786, he served in the House of Delegates, and he went on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1789 to 1793. He reluctantly supported the Compromise of 1790, and, from 1795 to 1802, he served on the planning board for the construction of Washington DC. He died in 1804.